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patachán

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From now obsolete pata (hare) +‎ -achán;[4] pata is from Middle Irish patu, borrowed from either Brythonic (compare Welsh pathew (dormouse))[5] or Romance (compare French patte (paw)).[6]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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patachán m (genitive singular patacháin, nominative plural patacháin)

  1. leveret

Declension

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Declension of patachán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative patachán patacháin
vocative a phatacháin a phatachána
genitive patacháin patachán
dative patachán patacháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an patachán na patacháin
genitive an phatacháin na bpatachán
dative leis an bpatachán
don phatachán
leis na patacháin

Mutation

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Mutated forms of patachán
radical lenition eclipsis
patachán phatachán bpatachán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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